Table 1 Baseline characteristics in adults with and without a stroke diagnosis before attending NHS TTad services
From: A record-linkage study of post-stroke primary care psychological therapy effectiveness in England
Stroke diagnosis | No diagnosis of stroke | |
|---|---|---|
N = 7,597 | N = 1,931,410 | |
Demographics | ||
Age at referral—mean (s.d.) | 57.8 (14.3) | 40.3 (14.7) |
% (n) | % (n) | |
Age category | ||
18–24 | 1.5 (117) | 15.9 (307,776) |
25–44 | 15.0 (1,138) | 46.4 (896,951) |
45–64 | 50.9 (3,865) | 31.1 (600,700) |
65+ | 32.6 (2,477) | 6.5 (125,983) |
Ethnicity | ||
White | 82.0 (6,227) | 82.0 (1,582,968) |
Mixed | 1.1 (81) | 1.9 (37,445) |
Asian | 3.8 (287) | 4.3 (82,519) |
Black | 2.8 (213) | 2.5 (47,759) |
Other | 0.9 (68) | 1.1 (20,842) |
Missing | 9.5 (721) | 8.3 (159,877) |
Gender | ||
Male | 47.6 (3,619) | 32.8 (632,592) |
Female | 52.1 (3,956) | 66.9 (1,292,057) |
Missing | 0.3 (22) | 0.4 (6,761) |
IMD quintile | ||
1 (most deprived) | 22.3 (1,694) | 21.6 (416,317) |
2 | 20.8 (1,580) | 21.3 (411,795) |
3 | 19.8 (1,506) | 19.5 (376,800) |
4 | 17.7 (1,348) | 17.9 (346,538) |
5 (least deprived) | 16.7 (1,271) | 16.4 (316,141) |
Missing | 2.6 (198) | 3.3 (63,819) |
Employment status | ||
Employed | 64.4 (4,891) | 73.3 (1,415,202) |
Unemployed | 30.1 (2,285) | 20.8 (401,619) |
Missing/preferred not to answer | 5.5 (421) | 5.9 (114,589) |
Clinical measures pretreatment, pre-existing conditions and medication | ||
Mean (s.d.) | Mean (s.d.) | |
Depression symptoms pretreatment (PHQ-9) | 15.8 (5.6) | 15.8 (5.6) |
Anxiety symptoms pretreatment (GAD-7) | 13.4 (4.9) | 14.3 (4.4) |
Social Functioning (WSAS) pretreatment, prorated | 19.7 (10.5) | 19.5 (9.5) |
% (n) | % (n) | |
Taking psychotropic medication | ||
Yes | 49.6 (3,766) | 47.3 (913,023) |
No | 41.4 (3,147) | 43.6 (841,399) |
Missing | 9.0 (684) | 9.2 (176,988) |
Self-reported long-term condition | ||
Yes | 56.1 (4,262) | 22.9 (441,637) |
No | 25.8 (1,959) | 56.1 (1,083,073) |
Missing | 18.1 (1,376) | 21.1 (406,700) |
Record of hemiplegia/paraplegia | ||
Yes | 22.5 (1,707) | 0.43 (8,248) |
No | 77.5 (5,890) | 99.6 (1,923,162) |
Treatment factors | ||
% (n) | % (n) | |
Diagnosis category | ||
Depression | 37.7 (2,865) | 28.8 (556,401) |
Anxiety disorders | ||
Mixed anxiety and depressive disorder | 14.3 (1,085) | 16.5 (318,932) |
GAD | 14.3 (1,089) | 15.7 (303,543) |
OCD | 0.5 (38) | 1.7 (32,885) |
PTSD | 2.5 (189) | 2.9 (55,879) |
Phobic anxiety & panic | 4.7 (356) | 6.4 (123,295) |
Other anxiety disorder | 0.3 (26) | 0.3 (5,972) |
Missing | 25.7 (1,949) | 27.7 (534,503) |
Appointment year | ||
2012 | 1.2 (90) | 3.1 (60,011) |
2013 | 5.1 (388) | 11.2 (216,778) |
2014 | 11.0 (834) | 15.0 (288,885) |
2015 | 16.3 (1,241) | 17.4 (335,270) |
2016 | 18.5 (1,408) | 17.4 (335,955) |
2017 | 20.5 (1,554) | 16.4 (317,243) |
2018 | 22.3 (1,696) | 16.1 (311,660) |
2019 | 5.1 (386) | 3.4 (65,608) |
Reason for ending therapy | ||
Completed | 57.7 (4,385) | 49.3 (951,940) |
Dropout | 21.5 (1,637) | 21.6 (417,030) |
Service not suitable | 1.5 (112) | 0.9 (16,609) |
Declined | 2.9 (221) | 2.6 (50,468) |
Referred on | 4.2 (322) | 3.3 (63,262) |
Missing | 12.1 (920) | 22.4 (432,101) |
Mean (s.d.) | Mean (s.d.) | |
Number of sessionsa | 6.1 (4.2) | 6.5 (4.6) |
Time between referral and assessment (weeks)a | 3.0 (3.8) | 3.2 (4.3) |
Time between assessment and treatment (weeks)a | 6.8 (7.0) | 6.7 (7.1) |
